*'''Parent Counties''': Formed from [[Portage County, Ohio|Portage]] and County 18 February 1812.<ref name="HBG">[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50140092&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;referer=brief_results ''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed.''] (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), [FHL book 973 D27e 2002].</ref>

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:*Sheffer, Josephine C. ''History of Medina County and Ohio: Containing a History of the State of Ohio, from Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time,''(Chicago, Illinois: Baskin &amp; Battey, 1881). Digital copy at [http://books.google.com/books?id=FH48AAAAIAAJ Google Books] [http://archive.org/details/cu31924028848658 Internet Archive] {{FSbook|954426|}} {{FHL|99343|item|disp=FHL film 1000331 Item 2}}''

The following newspapers are available at the Medina County District Library (1) Medina County Gazette 1855-present (2) Medina County Sentinel 1899-1961 (3) Seville chronicle 1948-1984

The following newspapers are available at the Medina County District Library (1) Medina County Gazette 1855-present (2) Medina County Sentinel 1899-1961 (3) Seville chronicle 1948-1984

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<br>Probate Court has birth and death records to 1909, <br>marriage and probate records; County Health Department<br>Health Department has birth and death records from 1909; <br>Clerk Court has divorce and Court Recordsc from 1818; <br>County Recorder has land records<ref name="HBG">''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'', 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Medina County, Ohio. Page 544 {{WorldCat|50140092|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|1049485|item|disp=FHL Book 973 D27e 2002}}.</ref>

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[http://www.mcdl.info/obits.asp Medina County District Library] located at 210 South Broadway Street, Medina Ohio 44256. Tel: 330-725-0588 This library has a dedicated Local History Genealogy Collection located in the Franklin Sylvester Room of this library. This room has dedicated film readers and copy machines.

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[http://www.mcdl.info/ Medina County District Library] located at 210 South Broadway Street, Medina Ohio 44256. Tel: 330-725-0588 This library has a dedicated Local History Genealogy Collection located in the Franklin Sylvester Room of this library. This room has dedicated film readers and copy machines.

'''[[Ohio Deaths (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953]]''' Free name indexes and images at [[Ohio Deaths and Burials (FamilySearch Historical Records)|FamilySearch]]. Records include such information as birth date of deceased, city, county, and state of death, name of spouse if married, names of parents, maiden name of mother, name of informant, if deceased was single, married, windowed or divorced, occupation of deceased.

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Court Records

Emigration and Immigration

Ethnic, Political, or Religious Groups

Gazetteers

Genealogy

History

Local histories are available for Medina County, Ohio Genealogy. County histories may include biographies, church, school and government history, and military information. For more information about local histories, see the wiki page section Ohio Local Histories.

Land and Property

Land and property records can place an ancestor in a particular location, provide economic information, and reveal family relationships. Land records include: deeds, abstracts and indexes, mortgages, leases, grants and land patents.

See Ohio Land and Property for additional information about early Ohio land grants. After land was transferred to private ownership, subsequent transactions were usually recorded at the county courthouse and where records are currently housed. ===== Finding More Land Records =====

Additional land records can sometimes be found using search phrases such as Medina County, Ohio Genealogy Land and Property Records in online catalogs like:

For more Ohio newspaper information see the Newspaper Guides on the wiki page Ohio Newspapers. Online NewspapersOnline Newspaper AbstractsNewspaper Extracts and Abstracts in Book Form

The following newspapers are available at the Medina County District Library (1) Medina County Gazette 1855-present (2) Medina County Sentinel 1899-1961 (3) Seville chronicle 1948-1984

Obituaries

Periodicals

Probate

Probate records created after 1852 are held by the Medina County, Ohio Genealogy Probate Court. From 1797 or the creation of the county, probate records were held by the Court of Common Pleas. Most counties transferred all records to the Probate Court, but in some circumstances, Court of Common Pleas records should be searched for records prior to 1852. Most records are housed at the Medina County, Ohio Genealogy Courthouse. Some records are on microfilm at the Ohio Genealogical Society and the Family History Library. For more complete information about the location of county probate records see:

1790–1967 - Ohio, Probate Records, 1790-1967 at FamilySearch Historical Records – free. This collection consists of probate records and estate files from county courthouses in Ohio. The content and time period varies by county, with more records being added as they become available. This Collection will include records from 1789 to 1996. Currently, (September 2012) the collection is only searchable by browsing the images. A list of Fires that have destroyed records in the courthouses of several counties are listed on the Record Description page.

Finding More Probate Records

Additional probate records can sometimes be found using search phrases such as Medina County, Ohio Genealogy Probate Records in online catalogs like:

Public Records

Repositories

Courthouse

Probate Court has birth and death records to 1909, marriage and probate records; County Health DepartmentHealth Department has birth and death records from 1909; Clerk Court has divorce and Court Recordsc from 1818; County Recorder has land records[1]

For additional nearby Family History Centers, search online in the FHC directory. Put your town name in the top search box.

Libraries

Medina County District Library located at 210 South Broadway Street, Medina Ohio 44256. Tel: 330-725-0588 This library has a dedicated Local History Genealogy Collection located in the Franklin Sylvester Room of this library. This room has dedicated film readers and copy machines.

Museums

Societies

Taxation

Finding More Tax Records

Additional tax records can sometimes be found using search phrases such as Medina County, Ohio Genealogy Tax Records in online catalogs like:

Vital Records

Vital records consist of birth, death, marriage and divorce records. Although Ohio enacted a statute in 1856 -1857 requiring registration of births, deaths and marriages, many counties did not comply. A second law was written in 1867 but, again, was not always followed. By 1908, the law was more clearly defined and kept. Any existing birth and death records from 1867 through December 19, 1908 are located at the Medina County, Ohio Genealogy Probate Court. The Ohio Department of Health has birth records filed after December 20, 1908 and death records filed after January 1, 1954 while the Ohio Historical Society houses death records from December 20, 1908 through December 31, 1953.

Birth

Marriage

Death

Online Death Indexes and Records

Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953 Free name indexes and images at FamilySearch. Records include such information as birth date of deceased, city, county, and state of death, name of spouse if married, names of parents, maiden name of mother, name of informant, if deceased was single, married, windowed or divorced, occupation of deceased. Finding More Vital Records

Additional vital records can sometimes be found using search phrases such as Medina County, Ohio Genealogy Vital Records in online catalogs like: